Air-treatment apparatus for hay fever, etc.



May 7, 19 29.

F. L. JORGENSEN AIR TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR HAY FEVER, ETC

Filed Aug. 1, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l y 1929 F. L. JORGENSEN 1, ,272

AIR TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR HAY FEVER, ETC

Filed Aug. 1, 1925 A 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Tia-.5.

gnoewfoz Frederz'drl Wzymm Patented May 7, 1929.

FREDERICK IJ- JORGENSEN, OI CLEVELAND, OHIO.

- AIR-TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR .HAY FEVER, ETC.

Application filed August 1, 1925. Serial- No. 47,441.

It is well known that hundreds of thousands of persons are annually afflicted with hay fever, and many thousands ofpersons suffer from the same disease in con]unct1on 5 with asthma... Owing to the large number of people so afflicted, the problem of treatment for them by which to obtain relief has become increasingly important. The serum treat ments which have now been given for a number of years are only efiective in a relatlvely small number of cases. 3%

As a general thing, physici s are agreed that the disease of hay fever arises from the peculiar susceptibility of the patient to certain pollens in the air, derived largely from plant life. Especially is the disease found to be due to the pollen of rag weed, timothy hay, golden rod and the like, the atmosphere over a large area of the country, and elsewhere, being heavily laden with the disease creating pollens of these different classes of plants.

As one who has suffered from asthma and hay fever over many years, I have reached the conclusion that in order to aid 21. person susceptible to hay fever from suffering with the disease,.the'air which he breathes must be treated so as to eliminate the possibility of action of pollens of the classes referred to 39 upon the membranes of the nose and throat particularly. WVith the object therefore of separating from the air pollens or other foreign matter to which persons may be particularly susceptible, and which cause hay fever or rose fever or other vitality reducing diseases, I have devised a special apparatus adapted to be placed in a room in which the prospective patient may be located, whereby fresh air of suflicient quantity may be forcibly drawn into the room, submitted totreatment to filter therefrom the disease creating pollens or other foreign matter, the air thus treated being that which will be breathed by the person susceptible to the particular disease.

I contemplate that the room or compartment in which the person using my apparatus is located, may be his ordinary working office, his sleeping room, or it may be a special treatment room. The apparatus of my invention consists of an air suction means associated with a treatment means in the nature of a filtering device and said apparatus is made especially compact, simple and inexpensive so that it may be readily installed by persons of average means for use during the season or seasons of the year when they are afiiicted with hay fever or any general disease of the same general character created by pollen laden air.

For a full understanding of my invention and the merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional view depicting a. room or compartment of average size in which the apparatus of my invention is installed.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken about on the line 22 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a' front elevational view of the wall of the room having windows through one of which the air is drawn into the room and illustrating the suction device and air filtering means, in section.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the air filtering members.

Describing my invention specifically and referring to the drawings, A denotes a room or compartment in which a hay fever patient, or person similarly afflicted, may work, sleep or play. This roomis equipped with the usual windows 1 and as illustrated it is contemplated to keep these windows closed against the entrance directly into the room of pollen laden air. At one of the windows, preferably, though more than one of them might be soequipped, I provide a receiver B, consisting of a funnel like body held in place at the lower part of the window by the lower sash, in conjunction with the supporting piping hereinafter described. From the smaller end of this funnel like receiver B there leads an in-take pipe 2 which extends to the exhaust or suction fan 3 adapted to be operated by an electric motor 4: or any suitable power means. The air drawn into the pipe 2 by the suction device 3 is forced through a pipe 5 into the lower portion of a box or container 6 in which certain filtering means are located. The filteringmeans may be of different types but I preferably employ a series of V-shaped filters 7, seen best in Figure 4, as composed of the ends 7 and the filtering cloths 7 The filtering cloths 7 may be made of cotton or other fabric material of suitable fineness to ensure that the pollen with which the air entering the box or container 6, is laden, from passing through the filtering cloths or member 7". After the air enters the lower end of the container 6 it passes into the wider lower ends of the filtering members 7 and through said filterin members at the sides cotton 8 of the secondary filtering means is supported in placebetween two fine mesh I screens 9 disposed horizontally across the upper end of-thef container 6.

At its top the container 6' is open and covered by a grate or fine mesh screen 10 through which the filtered and treated air drawn into the compartment passes in order to enter the main portion of the compartment after being properly treated by means of my apparatus.

It is obvious that by reason of the arrangement of the several parts of the invention in compact disposition, these parts do not take up much room and; as their construction is relatively simple, the apparatus may be made at a comparatively low cost within the reach of the average person having need therefor. Moreover, said apparatus may be conveniently installed in hospital rooms, or rooms located at any central stations of which the publicnray have notice, so that persons afilicted with diseases such as hay fever, asthma rose fever, or the like, may'enter and so ar as they remain, enjoy the relief of breathing.

urified air from which the pollen and dust ave been completely removed.

The pipe 2 ma be composed of telescopic sections or enat iling ready adjustment of the receiver B so it may be positioned in windows or other openings at different distances from the floor of the compartment in which the apparatus is arranged.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to cover by Letters Patent is 1. A portable hay fever apparatus comprising a funnel-like receiver having at its side, window frame and sash engaging means for removably sustaining it in position in a window, and having an opening positioned exterior to said window, a casing associated with said receiver, said casing enclosing a filtering element to and through which the a1r passes from said opening, said element prising a funnel-like receiver having at its side window frame and sash engaging means for removably sustaining it in position in a window and having the entrance thereof disposed exteriorly to the window, air filtering means comprising a casing having at the bottom thereof a filtering element extending in a zi -za or tortuous manner across the ath of t e air introduced into said casin rom the receiver aforesaid to form pockets tfirough which the air is forcedand' a second antisepticized filtering element disposed above the first filtering element, and an impeller for drawing the air throu h the receiver and impelling it through the filtering casing.

3. A portable hay fever apparatus comprising a funnel-shaped receiver having window frame and sash en aging means at the sides therof for removably positioning the receiver in a window with its entrance at the outside thereof, a filter device comprising a casingand enclosing a cloth filter through which the air is passed, a passage establishing communication between the receiver and said casing, an absorbent filtering element extending completely across the casing and adapted to hold an antiseptic liquid, an 1111- peller located in the passage between the receiver and' the casing, and 'motor driving means connected with said impeller.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

FREDERICK L. J ORGENSEN. 

